More fun than a barrel of teenagers!
College whiz-kid Merlin Jones concocts a method for teaching advanced information to a chimpanzee, then creates a flying machine of his own design, ultimately raising havoc on the campus.
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Release Date
August 18, 1965
Popularity
1
Director
Robert Stevenson
Writer
Alfred Lewis Levitt
Writer
Helen Slote Levitt
Producer
Ron Miller
Where to Watch
Cast
Tommy Kirk
Merlin Jones
Annette Funicello
Jennifer
Leon Ames
Judge Holmsby
Arthur O'Connell
Darius Green III
Frank Faylen
Mr. Dearborne
Leon Tyler
Leon
Brian Wilson
Self - The Beach Boys
Carl Wilson
Self - The Beach Boys
Dennis Wilson
Self - The Beach Boys
Al Jardine
Self - The Beach Boys
Mike Love
Self - The Beach Boys
Norman Grabowski
Norman
Cheryl Miller
Lisa
Connie Gilchrist
Mrs. Gossett
Alan Hewitt
Professor Shattuck
Gage Clarke
College President
Mark Goddard
Haywood
Harry Holcombe
Regent
Alexander Lockwood
Regent
Harry Antrim
Regent
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Reviews
r96sk
Slow and formulaic, it does at least have an amusing eventual pay-off. <em>'The Monkey’s Uncle'</em> is a sequel that never needed to be made. It isn't an awful film at all but struggles in a similar way as <em>'The Misadventures of Merlin Jones'</em> does, just without the promising beginning. The premise is dull, there is minor intrigue in the Darius Green III (Arthur O'Connell) plot but everything that builds up to it is uninteresting and mostly predictable. Tommy Kirk (Merlin) and Annette Funicello (Jennifer) are solid, but the performance of Leon Ames (Holmsby) comes across more sillier than in the 1964 production. Disney continue to be iffy with their live-action sequels.
